Too much attention on the details can mean forgetting about the fundamentals. David Court traces the intricate eligibility rules applying to SMSFs and the consequences of...
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should not be forced to do a full valuation on direct property holdings every year, according to the Self-Managed Super Fund Profe...
More than one million people have already lodged their tax return online using e-tax, the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO's) free tax preparation and lodgement service....
The latest data on excess contributions tax revenues reveals the Government is the only winner....
The large number of SMSF audits being conducted each year requires auditors to be appropriately competent....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has finally called a spade a spade. It has accused the Industry Super Network (ISN) of using its political influence and the Futu...
The ATO has been urged to rethink its draft ruling on the taxation of pensions after death amid concerns it is being unfair and acting against the spirit of the tax laws....
New draft legislation designed to protect workers' superannuation from phoenix companies has an excessively long lead in and also has vague requirements that could trap n...
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo has renewed his promise to clamp down on GST fraud and failure to report cash income, after a WA director ...
The proposed lifting of the tax-free threshold for low-income earners has implications for super....
The Government has released a legislative draft covering charities giving ATO greater powers....
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has called on the Federal Government to extend legal privilege to tax advice provided by professional tax advisers....
Graeme Colley explains how the streamlining of deductions for the cost of permanent disability insurance through superannuation provides greater clarity around taxation i...
Fast action by the ATO is claimed to have averted an administrative nightmare around the taxation of trusts....
The ATO has issued a warning on fringe benefit tax (FBT) requirements with respect to employee share trusts....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...